Locomotive driving-box.



W. A` HAZLIWOOD.

'I OCOIVIOTIVE DRIVING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.4, 191.6.

Patented May 29, 191.?.

'MZ/@iv VENTO/e.

'WLLIAM A. HAZLEWOGD, OF FBT WORTH TEXAS, ASSXGNOR F ONEJ-IALE TG J.A130 WHITESIDE, F @GRT 'WORTH, TEXAS.

LGCMOTIVE DRIVING-BOX,

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Moy 29, 191i?.

Application lec' August l, i916. Serial No. 113,113.

.To all 'w/om iii may concern.'

Be it known that WILLIAM A. HAZLE- WooD, aeiizen of tbe United States,residingral'; Forth 1Wortli. in tbe county of Tm- .rimt :ind State oi'Texas, have invented :i new :ind useful improvement in lioeomoiveDiving-Boxes. of which the following" is z specification.

My invention relziies to n detachable iinnge for locomotive driving:boxes, :ind the objeet is to provide a simple deaeboble fioriere forlocomotive driving); boxes bieb een be qniekly and easily removed forrenewal oi! bearings. shoes, Wedges, and associated ele ments. Theprincipal :idvaniage of suon :i detachable flange is the iine saved inremoving tbe seme for its own. repair or renewal, or any of the.Cooperating parte ond the saying in time and avoidance oi' expense in'taking down various other paris Wl'lieb cooperate tl'iereiritli andrestoring snob parts. Other objects and advantages will be fullyexplained in the following descripbien 'and the; invention will be moreparticuloi-ly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is hud to iie accompanying drawings which form a pari; of thisapplicaiiiiii. Y

.Figure 3l is :i sido eleveiion, showing elle ilnnge in place. 2 is ssiinilnr View, showing in dotted ouizline, one of the menibers oi"- tbeHarige raised on swung upwardly and outwardly on iis pivot bolt.vertical Cross-section. taken on ivlie line e-o oit' Fig, F is n.liorizonai seosion, taken on ille line AMA of Fig. l, showing the upperpart of the box and. tbe irinsigje,a Fig. 5 is a. plan View of the boXWitbtbe fla-nge applied. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the box and Jbeflange, beine' :i View ai', right angles to Fig'. l.

Similar characters of reference are 'used to indicate tbe same parts'throiigheir the several. views.

A box E of ordinary type is shown in the drawings, having integraliienges C and detachable flanges A and B. Grooves F ere formed in thevertical sides of the box E and the detachable iizinge, composed of memn'bers A and B have vertical ribs 0r Bauges G Fig. is s` .bers pivotalljvconnected together and enwhich occupy the grooves F. The members A and Bare pivotally connected together on top of the box, preferably at themiddle point of the top part of' the box E by a pivot boitr il. At'. thelower side of the box member, tbe members A. :and B are secured rigidlyo lie box by n rod D 'with nut K. The nnge members and B are easily andquickly removed by removing the nut K and tbe rod D.

Various changes in the sizes, proportions und construction of thedifferent parts may be nmde Without departing from my invenfion.

lllmt I Claim, is,

l. A driving box for locomotives having' :i detachable flange on lie hobside thereof und rerioul grooves in the sides thereof, inside in iwoparts and joined together ai? tbe rop und middle oi said box by :L rivetor bolt. the seid finnge having a rib on each pez-t Hring' into saidgrooves, and joined at 'lie bottoni with :i boli; passing through theim'iges with :i .mit on ilie end thereof.

2. A, driving' bmi for locomotives having :i ieneimble flange composedof two inem bers pivotnll'if' eenneeted together on top of the box,sziifl box baring' vertical grooves in tbe sides tbe if. eseli memberhaving s rib thereon :ind said ribs iitiiing in said grooves, SQ and :irofl seem-ing smid lfmge members on e said blof'k ai. ille lower side'ibereoi 3. A driving box ior locomotives having a detnrbnble Harige.composed of two memsinging Jelle upper side of the box, seid box lmringrrei-tirol `grooves in tbe side thereof :1nd smid members baringpoi-'tions thereof Iitiingm in smid grooves, und means for binding saidnien'ibers on said box. 90

ln testimony whereof, l' set my in ibo presence me two Witnesses, thistbe 12th ey or' June. i). 1915.

WLL'AW A. HAZLEWOD.

7ilgiboesses:

Ji'. Ano ill/"Hummel, S. J. LLI

